Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0011408, Wed, 27 Apr 2005 06:02:13 -0700

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Fwd: Camera Obscura=Laughter in the Dark?
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Is it on record anywhere why the original Russian title of _Laughter in
the Dark_ was changed? I would have thought that the original - _Camera
Obscura_ - needed no translating? Just curious.

Brian Howell

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EDNOTE. My recollection is that the English translation (London) did keep the
the Latin title of the Russian original.